Head of Fundraising National Role Salary: £75,000 - £80,000 Are you a strategic fundraising leader passionate about transforming young people's lives through STEM education? Are you driven by building meaningful partnerships and securing sustainable, multi-year income? If so, this is your opportunity to play a pivotal leadership role in a highly purpose-driven organisation with a mission focusing on improving teaching, enriching learning, and growing the STEM talent pool, to open up a world of opportunities. About Us At STEM Learning, we believe every young person deserves access to high-quality STEM education and career support, regardless of their background. We aim to empower students with the skills and knowledge to thrive. We do this through: Professional Development: Subject-specific training for teachers and educators in science and computing. Resources: Quality-assured materials that enhance teaching and learning. Destination STEM: Inspiring, hands-on student-facing experiences including to support skills and career education. STEM Ambassadors: A nationwide network of 30,000 volunteers from over 5000 employers bringing STEM to life for young people. Take a look inside the National STEM Learning Centre in York to see our facilities. The Role Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, and as a member of the Senior Management Team, you will lead our fundraising strategy and team to secure significant, multi-year income from corporates, trusts and foundations, and major donors. You'll be responsible for expanding our funding base, deepening key relationships, and ensuring STEM Learning has the partnerships and resources to achieve its ambitious mission. Key priorities include: Driving new funder engagement and positioning STEM Learning as a trusted, high-impact partner delivering measurable social value. Building and maintaining a strong, diverse, pipeline of six plus figure partnerships. Securing sustainable, multi-year income across a balanced portfolio of corporate, trusts, and major donor relationships. Leading, motivating, and developing the fundraising team. Collaborating across the organisation to align funding proposals with STEM Learning's strategic priorities and ensure exceptional programme delivery and stewardship. Contributing to organisational strategy improvements as a member of the Senior Management Team. Our Ideal Candidate Candidates will demonstrate our values: Sustainable - Innovative - Proactive We're looking for an entrepreneurial, relationship-driven leader who will take ownership for identifying opportunities for new funds and contribute to the overall fundraising strategy of STEM Learning. You'll have: A strong track record of securing significant income from corporates, trusts, and high-net-worth individuals. The confidence and gravitas to engage senior stakeholders, trustees, and C-suite decision-makers and must be comfortable 'making the ask'. You will be required to develop external relationships with institutional investors and High Net Worth individuals, and you may already have an existing range of investor contacts. Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with a collaborative, values-driven approach. You will be able to demonstrate your knowledge of the organisation and its strategic priorities to achieve our goals. Experience leading and empowering teams to achieve shared goals and maintain momentum. Creativity, resilience, adaptability and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. A passion for/understanding of the power of STEM education and enrichment is desirable. Download the full Role Profile to find out more! Our Benefits 30 days holidays plus bank holidays Access to an attractive pension scheme Our full-time hours are 37 hours per week Up to 3 paid volunteering leave days per year A comprehensive employee assistance programme Access to a voluntary staff benefits scheme including cycle to work loan scheme; health cash back plans; free eye tests; discounted vouchers and much more Take a look at our benefits brochure to find out more about the benefits we offer. Next Steps The closing date for applications is Friday 21 November 2025 at 14:00. To Apply Please provide us with: Your up-to-date CV including the contact details of two referees (please note, references will not be approached without your permission and will not be taken up until the offer stage) A covering letter (no more than the equivalent of 2 sides of A4) explaining your interest in the role and why you think you would be the ideal candidate. STEM Learning strives to be diverse and inclusive - a place where we can ALL be ourselves. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities, and are committed to employing teams with diverse abilities, skills, and experiences. We foster a culture where every employee's voice is respected and valued.
Nov 20, 2025
Full time
Head of Fundraising National Role Salary: £75,000 - £80,000 Are you a strategic fundraising leader passionate about transforming young people's lives through STEM education? Are you driven by building meaningful partnerships and securing sustainable, multi-year income? If so, this is your opportunity to play a pivotal leadership role in a highly purpose-driven organisation with a mission focusing on improving teaching, enriching learning, and growing the STEM talent pool, to open up a world of opportunities. About Us At STEM Learning, we believe every young person deserves access to high-quality STEM education and career support, regardless of their background. We aim to empower students with the skills and knowledge to thrive. We do this through: Professional Development: Subject-specific training for teachers and educators in science and computing. Resources: Quality-assured materials that enhance teaching and learning. Destination STEM: Inspiring, hands-on student-facing experiences including to support skills and career education. STEM Ambassadors: A nationwide network of 30,000 volunteers from over 5000 employers bringing STEM to life for young people. Take a look inside the National STEM Learning Centre in York to see our facilities. The Role Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, and as a member of the Senior Management Team, you will lead our fundraising strategy and team to secure significant, multi-year income from corporates, trusts and foundations, and major donors. You'll be responsible for expanding our funding base, deepening key relationships, and ensuring STEM Learning has the partnerships and resources to achieve its ambitious mission. Key priorities include: Driving new funder engagement and positioning STEM Learning as a trusted, high-impact partner delivering measurable social value. Building and maintaining a strong, diverse, pipeline of six plus figure partnerships. Securing sustainable, multi-year income across a balanced portfolio of corporate, trusts, and major donor relationships. Leading, motivating, and developing the fundraising team. Collaborating across the organisation to align funding proposals with STEM Learning's strategic priorities and ensure exceptional programme delivery and stewardship. Contributing to organisational strategy improvements as a member of the Senior Management Team. Our Ideal Candidate Candidates will demonstrate our values: Sustainable - Innovative - Proactive We're looking for an entrepreneurial, relationship-driven leader who will take ownership for identifying opportunities for new funds and contribute to the overall fundraising strategy of STEM Learning. You'll have: A strong track record of securing significant income from corporates, trusts, and high-net-worth individuals. The confidence and gravitas to engage senior stakeholders, trustees, and C-suite decision-makers and must be comfortable 'making the ask'. You will be required to develop external relationships with institutional investors and High Net Worth individuals, and you may already have an existing range of investor contacts. Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with a collaborative, values-driven approach. You will be able to demonstrate your knowledge of the organisation and its strategic priorities to achieve our goals. Experience leading and empowering teams to achieve shared goals and maintain momentum. Creativity, resilience, adaptability and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. A passion for/understanding of the power of STEM education and enrichment is desirable. Download the full Role Profile to find out more! Our Benefits 30 days holidays plus bank holidays Access to an attractive pension scheme Our full-time hours are 37 hours per week Up to 3 paid volunteering leave days per year A comprehensive employee assistance programme Access to a voluntary staff benefits scheme including cycle to work loan scheme; health cash back plans; free eye tests; discounted vouchers and much more Take a look at our benefits brochure to find out more about the benefits we offer. Next Steps The closing date for applications is Friday 21 November 2025 at 14:00. To Apply Please provide us with: Your up-to-date CV including the contact details of two referees (please note, references will not be approached without your permission and will not be taken up until the offer stage) A covering letter (no more than the equivalent of 2 sides of A4) explaining your interest in the role and why you think you would be the ideal candidate. STEM Learning strives to be diverse and inclusive - a place where we can ALL be ourselves. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities, and are committed to employing teams with diverse abilities, skills, and experiences. We foster a culture where every employee's voice is respected and valued.
Overview We're looking for a Product Technical Lead to take ownership of our established AI enabled software product, guiding it through its next phase of evolution - roadmap features, scalability, and user experience as it grows in reach and capability. At the same time, you'll play a key role in shaping and building new product ideas from the ground up, helping Daintta expand its digital product portfolio. This is a hands-on leadership role that blends strategic technical direction with active development. You'll work closely with product and business teams to define roadmaps, make architectural decisions, and deliver high-quality, production-ready software that meets real-world needs. If you enjoy balancing long-term vision with practical delivery refining proven systems while exploring new opportunities this role offers both. Responsibilities Lead the technical design, architecture, and implementation of a complex, user-facing software product. Write high-quality backend code in Python, taking features from definition through to release. Work closely with the Product Manager to translate product goals into technical plans, milestones, and deliverables. Make key architectural and implementation decisions to ensure scalability, performance, and maintainability. Guide the development team through Agile delivery cycles, leading sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives. Establish and uphold engineering best practices, code quality, testing, documentation, and security. Conduct code reviews and mentor developers, supporting their technical growth and productivity. Collaborate with UX/UI designers to ensure technical feasibility and excellent user experience. Continuously improve the development process and infrastructure to enhance product velocity and quality. Skills/knowledge Degree educated, with extensive industry experience. Strong background in software engineering, ideally with experience delivering end-to-end software products. Proven ability to lead or mentor development teams within an Agile environment. Advanced Python development skills, ideally with FastAPI or similar frameworks. Strong understanding of relational databases, schema design, and SQL. Familiarity with front-end development (TypeScript, React) is highly desirable. Experience designing scalable systems and working with cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. Excellent communication skills, able to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. A product-oriented mindset, you care about users, usability, and delivering tangible outcomes. Experience in cyber security, data-driven applications, or SaaS platforms is advantageous. Benefits We believe in supporting our people both professionally and personally. Here's what you can expect when you join us: Time Off 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays Up to 5 days annual training leave with a dedicated training budget Up to 3 days annual volunteering leave - give back to the community Competitive maternity, paternity, shared parental leave & compassionate leave Health & Wellness Comprehensive Private Health Insurance Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 support services £2,000 Flex Cash Allowance, paid pro-rata over the year Financial Benefits 5% pension contribution Discretionary company awards and bonuses, based on performance and company targets Access to Electric Vehicle (EV) Salary Sacrifice scheme Professional Development Up to £1,000 annual training budget (access to additional training and development budget via business case) Up to 5 days annual training leave 1 professional membership paid annually Up to £200 of additional IT budget for new joiners Perks Free breakfast every Tuesday in the London office Fortnightly drinks - in London Regular social events, quizzes, and guest workshops Huckletree perks - including gym and restaurant discounts Employee referral programme Monthly breakfast club in our Cheltenham office Security Information Due to the nature of this position, you must be willing and eligible to achieve a minimum of SC clearance. To qualify, you must be a British Citizen and have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. For more information about clearance eligibility, please see the UK government page on security vetting.
Oct 29, 2025
Full time
Overview We're looking for a Product Technical Lead to take ownership of our established AI enabled software product, guiding it through its next phase of evolution - roadmap features, scalability, and user experience as it grows in reach and capability. At the same time, you'll play a key role in shaping and building new product ideas from the ground up, helping Daintta expand its digital product portfolio. This is a hands-on leadership role that blends strategic technical direction with active development. You'll work closely with product and business teams to define roadmaps, make architectural decisions, and deliver high-quality, production-ready software that meets real-world needs. If you enjoy balancing long-term vision with practical delivery refining proven systems while exploring new opportunities this role offers both. Responsibilities Lead the technical design, architecture, and implementation of a complex, user-facing software product. Write high-quality backend code in Python, taking features from definition through to release. Work closely with the Product Manager to translate product goals into technical plans, milestones, and deliverables. Make key architectural and implementation decisions to ensure scalability, performance, and maintainability. Guide the development team through Agile delivery cycles, leading sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives. Establish and uphold engineering best practices, code quality, testing, documentation, and security. Conduct code reviews and mentor developers, supporting their technical growth and productivity. Collaborate with UX/UI designers to ensure technical feasibility and excellent user experience. Continuously improve the development process and infrastructure to enhance product velocity and quality. Skills/knowledge Degree educated, with extensive industry experience. Strong background in software engineering, ideally with experience delivering end-to-end software products. Proven ability to lead or mentor development teams within an Agile environment. Advanced Python development skills, ideally with FastAPI or similar frameworks. Strong understanding of relational databases, schema design, and SQL. Familiarity with front-end development (TypeScript, React) is highly desirable. Experience designing scalable systems and working with cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. Excellent communication skills, able to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. A product-oriented mindset, you care about users, usability, and delivering tangible outcomes. Experience in cyber security, data-driven applications, or SaaS platforms is advantageous. Benefits We believe in supporting our people both professionally and personally. Here's what you can expect when you join us: Time Off 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays Up to 5 days annual training leave with a dedicated training budget Up to 3 days annual volunteering leave - give back to the community Competitive maternity, paternity, shared parental leave & compassionate leave Health & Wellness Comprehensive Private Health Insurance Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 support services £2,000 Flex Cash Allowance, paid pro-rata over the year Financial Benefits 5% pension contribution Discretionary company awards and bonuses, based on performance and company targets Access to Electric Vehicle (EV) Salary Sacrifice scheme Professional Development Up to £1,000 annual training budget (access to additional training and development budget via business case) Up to 5 days annual training leave 1 professional membership paid annually Up to £200 of additional IT budget for new joiners Perks Free breakfast every Tuesday in the London office Fortnightly drinks - in London Regular social events, quizzes, and guest workshops Huckletree perks - including gym and restaurant discounts Employee referral programme Monthly breakfast club in our Cheltenham office Security Information Due to the nature of this position, you must be willing and eligible to achieve a minimum of SC clearance. To qualify, you must be a British Citizen and have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. For more information about clearance eligibility, please see the UK government page on security vetting.
Overview Who are we looking for? You enjoy working on complex data problems whilst being able to suggest simple (yet effective) solutions. You are comfortable working with uncertainty and like to make things clearer. You're passionate about technology and keep up as it evolves. You focus on the future and thrive most when solving problems. Clients love working with you. You are honest and do things when you say you will, you also know how to explain things clearly and concisely. You can educate and inspire. You've got a background in data science, machine learning algorithms and data engineering along with their technologies. You're equally comfortable presenting to clients, providing advice or building prototypes. You're a collaborator and enjoy stepping out of your role from time to time, whether it's to support your clients, colleagues or to learn something new. What might you be doing? What you might be doing Leading client projects and providing subject matter expertise. Working in scrum-like environments for iterative and 'fail-fast' work and innovation. Assessing your clients' business and technical needs with the ability to identify opportunities for data science to be used and managing clients' stakeholders' relationship appropriately. Solving problems using data science techniques and in a scientifically robust fashion. Identifying data sources that are relevant to client needs, and related data science concepts that leverage those sources to aid the client. Working with various forms of data (e.g., unstructured, semi-structured or structured; text, time-series or image) and suitably modelling them (e.g., table, key-value pair, graph) for efficient data science use. Investigating and analysing data to see 'the wood from the trees' and drilling down to the 'whys' of the data. Applying statistical and evidence-based techniques to inform insights and actions from the data. Communicating technical content at the right level both internally and to customers. Presenting to the client, using data science tooling and investigation, a 'story' of the data. Building maintainable code that use existing data science libraries, implement existing data science techniques, or implement novel techniques. Designing, evaluating, and implementing on-premise, cloud-based and hybrid data science and machine learning techniques and algorithms (including providing relevant review and guidance on testing aspects, identification of risks and proposing and implementing their mitigations). Developing scalable models and algorithms that can be deployed into production environments. Applying ethical principles in handling data. Accurately delivering high quality work to agreed timelines and taking the initiative and knowing how to jump straight in. Supporting client engagements, including pitches and presentations. Helping to support & grow Daintta by actively inputting into the company strategy and helping to shape our future. Representing us and our core values: transparent, fair and daring. Sounds like something you'd enjoy? Here's a bit more about you: Qualifications and experience You have 5+ years of degree level industry experience in data science. You have extensive degree level experience in a STEM subject. You have experience of working in a consultancy, engineering, or data industry. You have led client delivery across a range of projects, including data science, data engineering, data security and proven experience in relevant technologies (e.g., Python applied to data science). You have experience working on cloud-based infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP). You have demonstrable continuous personal development. You have strong interpersonal skills. You have experience with using CI/CD tooling to analyse, build, test and deploy your code and proven experience in their technologies. You have experience in database technologies (e.g., SQL, NoSQL such as Elasticsearch and Graph databases). You have a good understanding of coding best practices and design patterns and experience with code and data versioning, dependency management, code quality and optimisation, error handling, logging, monitoring, validation and alerting. Location Location Hybrid, with 2-3 days working from Daintta office (London or Cheltenham) or on client site as required. What's in it for you? What's in it for you In addition to being rewarded fairly for your contribution to the business, you get to work in a dynamic organisation that is agile and responsive. A business that is growing fast and where you get to drive and shape the future. A place where you are respected by everyone and your voice is important. Somewhere where you can be innovative and creative. A place where you have the opportunity to learn about all aspects of business from marketing to sales, to delivery and business operations. Time to tell you about us! About us We are Daintta. We provide deep expertise with technical and business specialists to help clients and organisations secure and protect the UK. In complex environments, we use innovative methods to solve the hardest data challenges to help organisations make more informed and accurate decisions, at scale and faster. We are agile, responsive, independent, and collaborative while our values of Fair, Transparent and Daring guide all our decision making. Security Information Due to the nature of this position, you must be willing and eligible to achieve a minimum of SC clearance. To qualify, you must be a British Citizen and have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. For more information about clearance eligibility, please see
Oct 29, 2025
Full time
Overview Who are we looking for? You enjoy working on complex data problems whilst being able to suggest simple (yet effective) solutions. You are comfortable working with uncertainty and like to make things clearer. You're passionate about technology and keep up as it evolves. You focus on the future and thrive most when solving problems. Clients love working with you. You are honest and do things when you say you will, you also know how to explain things clearly and concisely. You can educate and inspire. You've got a background in data science, machine learning algorithms and data engineering along with their technologies. You're equally comfortable presenting to clients, providing advice or building prototypes. You're a collaborator and enjoy stepping out of your role from time to time, whether it's to support your clients, colleagues or to learn something new. What might you be doing? What you might be doing Leading client projects and providing subject matter expertise. Working in scrum-like environments for iterative and 'fail-fast' work and innovation. Assessing your clients' business and technical needs with the ability to identify opportunities for data science to be used and managing clients' stakeholders' relationship appropriately. Solving problems using data science techniques and in a scientifically robust fashion. Identifying data sources that are relevant to client needs, and related data science concepts that leverage those sources to aid the client. Working with various forms of data (e.g., unstructured, semi-structured or structured; text, time-series or image) and suitably modelling them (e.g., table, key-value pair, graph) for efficient data science use. Investigating and analysing data to see 'the wood from the trees' and drilling down to the 'whys' of the data. Applying statistical and evidence-based techniques to inform insights and actions from the data. Communicating technical content at the right level both internally and to customers. Presenting to the client, using data science tooling and investigation, a 'story' of the data. Building maintainable code that use existing data science libraries, implement existing data science techniques, or implement novel techniques. Designing, evaluating, and implementing on-premise, cloud-based and hybrid data science and machine learning techniques and algorithms (including providing relevant review and guidance on testing aspects, identification of risks and proposing and implementing their mitigations). Developing scalable models and algorithms that can be deployed into production environments. Applying ethical principles in handling data. Accurately delivering high quality work to agreed timelines and taking the initiative and knowing how to jump straight in. Supporting client engagements, including pitches and presentations. Helping to support & grow Daintta by actively inputting into the company strategy and helping to shape our future. Representing us and our core values: transparent, fair and daring. Sounds like something you'd enjoy? Here's a bit more about you: Qualifications and experience You have 5+ years of degree level industry experience in data science. You have extensive degree level experience in a STEM subject. You have experience of working in a consultancy, engineering, or data industry. You have led client delivery across a range of projects, including data science, data engineering, data security and proven experience in relevant technologies (e.g., Python applied to data science). You have experience working on cloud-based infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP). You have demonstrable continuous personal development. You have strong interpersonal skills. You have experience with using CI/CD tooling to analyse, build, test and deploy your code and proven experience in their technologies. You have experience in database technologies (e.g., SQL, NoSQL such as Elasticsearch and Graph databases). You have a good understanding of coding best practices and design patterns and experience with code and data versioning, dependency management, code quality and optimisation, error handling, logging, monitoring, validation and alerting. Location Location Hybrid, with 2-3 days working from Daintta office (London or Cheltenham) or on client site as required. What's in it for you? What's in it for you In addition to being rewarded fairly for your contribution to the business, you get to work in a dynamic organisation that is agile and responsive. A business that is growing fast and where you get to drive and shape the future. A place where you are respected by everyone and your voice is important. Somewhere where you can be innovative and creative. A place where you have the opportunity to learn about all aspects of business from marketing to sales, to delivery and business operations. Time to tell you about us! About us We are Daintta. We provide deep expertise with technical and business specialists to help clients and organisations secure and protect the UK. In complex environments, we use innovative methods to solve the hardest data challenges to help organisations make more informed and accurate decisions, at scale and faster. We are agile, responsive, independent, and collaborative while our values of Fair, Transparent and Daring guide all our decision making. Security Information Due to the nature of this position, you must be willing and eligible to achieve a minimum of SC clearance. To qualify, you must be a British Citizen and have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. For more information about clearance eligibility, please see